1954 International Gold Cup

The 1st International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 7 August 1954 at the Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire. The race was run over 36 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F.[1] Reg Parnell was second in a Ferrari and Bob Gerard, who qualified on pole, third in his Cooper-Bristol.[2][3]

1954 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 7 August 1954
Official name I International Gold Cup
Location Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.44 km (2.76 miles)
Distance 36 laps, 159.44 km (99.40 miles)
Pole position
Driver Cooper
Time 1:59.4
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati
Time 1:56.8
Podium
First Maserati
Second Ferrari
Third Cooper

This was Moss's first Formula One win; he had won the Aintree 200 earlier in the season but that was a Formula Libre event.[4]

Results

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Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 7   Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 1h11m27.0, 83.48 mph 21
2 5   Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 625 1h12m47.4, +1m20.4 3
3 12   Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 1h12m51.0, +1m24.0 1
4 6   Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 1h13m19.2, +1m52.2 7
5 30   Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol 34 laps 13
6 27   Bill Whitehouse W.J. Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 34 laps 8
7 17   Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 5
8 20   Charles Boulton Ecurie Ane Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 12
9 15   Leslie Thorne Ecurie Ecosse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 10
NC 18   Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 15
NC 14   Ninian Sanderson Ecurie Ecosse Cooper T20-Bristol 9
NC 23   Horace Richards H.A. Richards HAR-Riley 20
DNF 21   Alan Brown A. Brown Cooper T23-Bristol 18 laps - fuel pump 4
DNF 3   Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 14 laps - crash 6
DNF 22   Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HW-Alta 4 laps - brakes 17
DNF 26   Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 2 laps - magneto 2
DNF 25   Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 0 laps - half-shaft 14
DNF 24   Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Alta 0 laps - cylinder head 19
DNS 10   Albert Wake Ormskirk Motor Auctions Alta-Bristol 18
DNS 28   Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T24-Bristol 16
DNA 2   Giovanni de Riu Giovanni de Riu Maserati A6GCM -
DNA 4   Harry Schell H. Schell Maserati A6GCM -
DNA 8   Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 no car available -
DNA 9   Robert Manzon Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 625 -
DNA 11   Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol -
DNA 16   Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis -
DNA 16   Peter Walker R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis -
DNA 19   Sir Jeremy Boles Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis -
DNA 25   John Webb J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis car driven by Jack Fairman -
DNA 26   André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 -
DNA 29   Eric Brandon Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol -

References

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  1. ^ "1954 International Gold Cup Results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. ^ "1954 Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. ^ "Formula 1 – Non Championship Races 1954". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. ^ "1954 Daily Telegraph 200". Retrieved 2022-10-23.


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